APRIL>>>With the years-long drought worsening, several East Bay municipalities begin drawing up water conservation plans. Hayward Mayor Barbara Halliday jokingly proposes a “skip-a-shower day.” State Sen. Bob Wieckowski tends to one of the plants to be used in the $6 million Oro Loma… Read More ›
SD7 special election
Susan Bonilla will not challenge Steve Glazer to a state Senate rematch next year
Steve Glazer defeated Susan Bonilla in the hard-fought SD7 race last May by 10 points. STATE SENATE | DISTRICT 7 | Nearly five months after Susan Bonilla fell short in a grueling and often acrimonious intraparty special election against Steve… Read More ›
Labor’s losing SD7 strategy: Send union members to a district that hates them
Polling showed the Seventh District were more than just not into labor unions. STATE SENATE | DISTRICT 7 | Legions of clipboard-toting labor Democrats say they blanketed the State Senate Seventh District battleground just days before before Tuesday election. Five… Read More ›
Steve Glazer wins expensive State Senate special election
State Sen-elect Steve Glazer STATE SENATE | 7TH DISTRICT | In a race that featured millions of dollars from outside interests, Orinda Mayor Steve Glazer has won the State Senate Seventh District special election Tuesday night. With nearly all the… Read More ›
ELECTION RESULTS: 7TH STATE SENATE DISTRICT SPECIAL ELECTION (Final, Unofficial)
STATE SENATE7th District…………………………VOTES….PCTPRECINCTS REPORTING 100%*Steve Glazer………………………..67,301 54.6%Susan Bonilla……………………….55,867 45.4%*includes Alameda County/Contra Costa County REGISTRATION/TURNOUTAlameda County/Contra Costa County……..VOTES….PCTPRECINCTS REPORTING 100%Total Registration………………….487,495Total Ballots Cast………………….123,168 25.27%Last Updated: Friday, May 22, 3:30 p.m.
SD7 Election Preview: Which special interest will reign supreme?
Orinda Mayor Steve Glazer and Assemblymember Susan Bonila MEET THE CANDIDATES Susan Bonilla represents almost half of the voters in Seventh District as an Assemblymember representing a portion of Contra Costa County. She is also a former high school teacher… Read More ›
SD7 Poll: Glazer leads Bonilla by 10 points with election just days away
SD7 candidate Steve Glazer STATE SENTATE | DISTRICT 7 | Steve Glazer’s hopes of winning next Tuesday’s special State Senate Seventh District race were buoyed Friday by an independent poll showing a 10-point advantage over fellow Democrat Susan Bonilla with… Read More ›
A week from Election Day, State Senate race enters East Bay BART stations
Glazer’s campaign provided seven photos, including above, showing BART employees electioneering for Susan Bonilla on BART property. STATE SENATE | DISTRICT 7 | For the Democrats Susan Bonilla and Steve Glazer, the next stop in their hard-fought State Senate special… Read More ›
Campaign nerves fray in contested State Senate race along with spendthrift IEs
STATE SENATE | 7TH DISTRICT | Big Labor was angling to slap a campaign finance complaint this week against the conservative Independent Expenditure (IE) committee backed by the Koch Brothers for failing to report the amount of money it spent… Read More ›
Attack ad against Susan Bonilla echoes another used effectively last year
New attack ad against Susan Bonilla is paid for by a conservative IE so conservative it opposes some of the most conservative pols in the country. STATE SENTATE | DISTRICT 7 | It seems being a member of the California… Read More ›
Did the State Democratic Party just show its hand in the All-Dem SD7 race?
The state party’s financial support for Susan Bonilla in the SD7 intraparty race may signal desperation. STATE SENTATE | DISTRICT 7 | Never before has the California Democratic Party open its wallet to defeat one of its own. But political familicide… Read More ›
Republicans support Susan Bonilla, too?
STATE SENATE | DISTRICT 7 | A new campaign commercial from Seventh State Senate District candidate Susan Bonilla features cameos from reitred Rep. George Miller and Contra Costa District Attorney Mark Peterson. It also hints that Bonilla’s campaign views her… Read More ›
Glazer wins SD7 special election; will face Bonilla in May runoff
STATE SENATE | 7TH DISTRICT | Voters in the 7th State Senate District, at least the few who participated in Tuesday’s special election, gave centrist Democrat Steve Glazer a seven-point win over Assemblymember Susan Bonilla. Since no candidate attained a… Read More ›
SD7 Special Election Primary Preview: Can Glazer Reach The Top Two?
State Senate District 7 candidates: Orinda Mayor Steve Glazer, former Assembymember Joan Buchanan and Assemblymember Susan Bonilla. MEET THE CANDIDATES As an assemblymember, Susan Bonilla already represents almost half of the voters in the State Senate’s 7th District. The former high school… Read More ›
Campaign Notes: John Fisher, A’s co-owner, maxes out donation to Glazer
STATE SENATE | 7TH DISTRICT | John Fisher, the co-owner of the Oakland Athletics, contributed $4,200 to the campaign of Steve Glazer. The donation was posted Monday, along with maxed out contributions from his wife, Laura Fisher, and the matriarch… Read More ›
Campaign Notes: State Senate 7th District Special Election
STATE SENATE | 7TH DISTRICT | There are four mostly moderate Democrats running in a state senate district race with an electorate typically a tad left of center. That’s just too much for the Alameda County Republican Party. On Friday,… Read More ›
Shady state senate campaign tricks has ties to teachers’ union
Joan Buchanan’s state senate was endorsed by the California Teachers Association. STATE SENATE | 7TH DISTRICT | Sacramento Bee columnist Dan Walters has been to many political rodeos in California. In a column Monday, Walters laid out a very cynical, but truthful… Read More ›
SD7: East Bay voters take part in yet another rough and tumble election
14th District Assemblymember Susan Bonilla and former 16th District Assemblymember Joan Buchanan at a forum in January. STATE SENATE | 7TH DISTRICT | Last fall, voters in Contra Costa and Alameda counties endured one of the most aggressive, expensive, and odd… Read More ›
State GOP files trademark infringement complaint against labor-backed PAC which supports Republican
Republican Michaela Hertle dropped out of her State Senate race just days after qualifying for the ballot, but a independent expenditure group backed by labor has spent more than $60,000 on two mailers, including the one above. Is it help… Read More ›
Fundraising in State Senate special election tops $1 million
Steve Glazer, Joan Buchanan and Susan Bonilla. STATE SENATE | DISTRICT 7 | Less than two weeks from Election Day in the East Bay’s special State Senate 7th District race, nearly $1 million has been raised and nearly $700,000 has been… Read More ›
Based on campaign mailers, former Rep. Ellen Tauscher greatly aged in one day
Is this the same person? Susan Bonilla’s State Senate campaign sent a mailer last week featuring former Rep. Ellen Tauscher using a much younger photo than the current version, on the right. A second Bonilla mailer shows a more mature… Read More ›
Labor-backed IE spending money in SD7 on Republican who dropped out
STATE SENATE | DISTRICT 7 | Steve Glazer urged his supporters Sunday night to “Follow the $” after learning a political action committee typically backed by labor is spending thousands to back the lone Republican in the State Senate 7th… Read More ›
SD7: Steve Glazer says ‘I’m in’
Steve Glazer is ready to launch his second campaign in the last year. STATE SENATE | 7TH DISTRICT | Just under the Friday deadline, Steve Glazer has filed to run for the special election in the State Senate 7th District…. Read More ›
Games(wo)manship in the State Senate Special Election Race
Assemblymember Susan Bonilla, seated in purple, listens as her opponent for the open State Senate 7th District seat, Joan Buchanan, asks the Tri Valley Democratic Club in Dublin for their endorsement. PHOTOS/Steven Tavares STATE SENTATE | DISTRICT 7 | After… Read More ›
Special election to replace DeSaulnier in SD7 set for May 19; primary in March
Special election candidates: Joan Buchanan, Mark Meuser and Susan Bonilla. STATE SENATE DISTRICT 7 | When Mark DeSaulnier was elected to replace long-time Congressman George Miller last year, it created an opening for his State Senate 7th District seat. Gov…. Read More ›